Virucidal activity of a new hand disinfectant with reduced ethanol content: Comparison with other alcohol-based formulations

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 98-106

  Kramer, A ^a   Galabov, A S ^b   Sattar, S A ^c   Dohner L ^d   Pivert, A ^e   Payan, C ^e   Wolff, M H ^f   Yilmaz, A ^g   Steinmann, J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d Micromun GmbH Greifswald   (Germany)

^e ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^g JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h MikroLab GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ethanol based hand rub; Fingerpad test; In vitro; Synergistic formulation; Virucidal activity

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTANEDIOL; ALCOHOL; DISINFECTANT AGENT; PHOSPHORIC ACID; PROPANOL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

1-PROPANOL; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BUTANOLS; CALICIVIRUS, FELINE; CATS; CATTLE; CELL LINE; DISINFECTANTS; DRUG SYNERGISM; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FINGERS; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; MALE; PHOSPHORIC ACIDS; POLIOVIRUS; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; VIRUSES;

EID: 30844460998     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2005.06.020     Document Type: Article

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